343 Industries Gets New Creative Director
 Yesterday David Ellis, Designer at 343 Industries tweeted a Twitter user known as @timlongojr. His profile currently reads as below.  Tim was a Creative Director for Republic Commando and the recent Tomb Raider reboot. Now the new Creative Director, he will replace Josh Holmes in this main role.   Josh Holmes has now become…
Dead Island Dev’s Title Dying Light Runs In 1080p on PS4
 It has been revealed that Techland's new zombie title, Dying Light will indeed run at 1080p which has been confirmed by a representative for the studio at the Spike VGX Awards. Techland presented a live demonstration of Dying Light on the PS4 for the VGX Awards although it still has not been confirmed what…
Tales From The Borderlands Announced at VGX
VGX 2013 has started with a surprise with the announcement of Tales From The Borderlands. The game is set for release in 2014 and is a collaboration between Gearbox Software and Telltale Games. Check out the teaser trailer below: This has caught a lot of people off guard, mostly because Telltale are…
Reggie States That What Fans Want Does Not Affect What They Do
 Nintendo of America's Reggie Fils-Aime has openly discussed the publishers attitude towards fan petitions and campaigning in an interview with Silicon Era. During the interview Fils-Aime was asked about Operation Moonfall and Rainfall: two fan-run campaigns which are looking for a re-release of Zeldas Majoras Mask for 3DS and Xenoblade Chronicles, The…
Worth The Wait Planetary Annihilation Will Release When Fully Complete Says Jon Mavor
 It has come to light that, according to Uber Entertainment the Planetary Annihilation Kickstarter project no longer has a release date. Instead a statement has been put up on their website that the title will be released, "when it's done". Uber Entertainment believes that Planetary Annihilation will still be available early 2014, although this rubs off…
Blizzard Creating New Small Development Team To Work On Unannounced Project
 A new job position highlighted on Blizzard's job page indicates that the group is looking to make a new, small development team in order to push on with a new, as of yet unannounced, project. The job post highlights the need for a, "small and nimble" team following the amazing work seen through…
Destiny Footage Confirmed For VGX
 In a Twitter post Geoff Keighley has confirmed that Bungie will be showing new footage of Destiny at VGX at some point tomorrow, 7th December. He has commented that the footage, 'sounds' amazing. It is also been suggested that Bungie has created a large variety of worlds with a huge breadth in unique elements…
Winter Cometh as Clash of Clans has Christmas Update on iOS and Android
 Clash of Clans will have another festive little update this holiday. The winter festivities include several new holiday visuals, such as falling snow and deadly Christmas presents known as Santa strikes. On a more practical side of things the game also includes a huge variety of fixes, tweaks and game balances.…
Ubisoft President Believes Game Delays Ensure Better End Product
 It was published some weeks ago now that both Watch Dogs and The Crew, major next generation titles are to be delayed. Examiner.com have had an interview with Ubisoft's North American President Laurent Detoc who has recently commented on this need to delay the release of these titles.  "There are definitely times when we have to…
PlayStation Network 8 Hour Maintenance To Occur on December 9th
 If your looking to have some Christmas gaming online in the next couple of days then be aware of a large maintenance update occurring on Playstation Network (PSN) between Monday 9th/Tuesday 10th December 16:00 - 0:00 GMT. You can find the exact details in the Twitter comment left by PlayStation…
Wii U Console Sales Rising In Japan
 The Japanese weekly charts have allowed us to keep track with high precision the movement of the Japanese gaming market. Game sales are still quite dominated by the 3DS, with Super Mario 3D World ending in 4th position in comparison to Pokemon X and Y and Matsune Miku: Project Mirai 2, both 3DS titles.  1. [3DS] Hatsune Miku:…
Narcissu Gets Greenlight on Steam
 As of yesterday it has been confirmed that Narcissu, a free indie visual novel, created by stage-nana, the pen name of Tomo Katoka has been green-lit for release on Steam. Narcissu plays similarly to the Ace Attorney franchise and tells the tale of two terminally ill hospital patients who conclude that they do not want to…
Activision CEO Defends Call of Duty Ghosts Over Review Scores
Call of Duty: Ghosts has suffered quite badly in comparison to its predecessors with regards to review scores. By this point Call of Duty is used to near perfect review scores but the average 74% on Metacritic suggests that Call of Duty: Ghosts is not entertaining the entire fan-base this time around. Activision's CEO Eric Hirshberg…
Fans Make Shenmue II With English Voices For Dreamcast
 Shenmue is a series has gone down in history as an absolute classic on the Sega Dreamcast console. However Shenmue II saw no English version of the title in terms of voice work. In Europe Shenmue II saw release on Dreamcast but featured the original Japanese voice work with English subtitles. The Xbox…
Avalanche Studios New Video May Hint at Just Cause 3
 A new video has popped up on Avalanche Studios YouTube account. The footage discusses how the team researches environments for, "upcoming video games". The video occurs in a tropical environment and associate art director Andreas Oberg explains how they translate real environments into a digital format.   Does this suggest that Just Cause…
Battlefield 4 China Rising DLC Holds Dangerous Online Imbalances
 DICE's latest title Battlefield 4 has seen it's first major DLC, China Rising being released. However the new content is already encountering several several issues and item imbalances in the form of the SUAV and UCAV. DICE has commented that 64 player matches is more pivotal to them than a 1080p frame-rate but significant server…
Shuhei Yoshida Discusses Issue of Gran Turismo 6 Microtransactions
 Today the price of microtransactions within Gran Turismo 6 has been placed online, with players able to spent up to $150 for the most expensive car within the game the Jaguar XJ13. This reveal has sparked strong debate within the community, but SCE Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida commented on the issue through…
Final Fantasy XIV To Be Available Through Steam Soon
 Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has seen to have gone from strength to strength this year, a far cry from it's origins with the original Final Fantasy XIV. It seems that the title shall soon be launched through Steam for digital download, confirmed by Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida in an interview…
Give8-Bit YouTube Channel Launched to Forward Gaming Industries Charity
 A YouTube channel, known as Give8-Bit has been launched by PlayMob to showcase the charitable efforts of the gaming industry. The site will allow submissions from companies or organisations in order to raise money for charity through gaming based projects.  "We launched our fundraising platform for the games industry last year…
Andrew House compares PS4 Launch Lineup to Previous Generations
 In a recent conversation with Eurogamer Andrew House has provided several comments on the launch lineup of the PlayStation 4. The chief executive officer at Sony Computer Entertainment  comments among mixed opinions of the current games released thus far for the console. House believed that the reception to the launch titles is…
Bethesda Is Inviting Play Testers to Try Out Id Software This Week
 Bethesda seem to be hard at work with the company inviting certain gamers to Id Software to try, "one of our games" at Id Software throughout this week. In a email sent out to players, which was posted on Reddit, Bethesda did not specify what the title is. Check out the email…